Ranchi, May 11 The Jharkhand High Court on Monday pulled up the state police for failing to meet high standards of investigation and not inspiring public confidence.
The bench of Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad was hearing an appeal filed by one Sonu Yadav, who sought suspension of his sentence in a murder case.
The high court also observed that recent developments in cases before it had revealed serious inaction on the part of the police.
The bench referred to a news report about an 18-month-old infant missing from Kokar. It also made mention of the missing girl’s case in Bokaro in which the police recovered a skeleton over seven months after the incident.
The court also referred to another case from Bokaro in 2020, where a girl had gone missing.
The matter was later brought before the HC, and during the court’s monitoring of the investigation, it was revealed that the girl had been murdered, the bench said.
The court remarked that the Jharkhand Police appeared to have lost direction in conducting proper investigations.
It also observed that the high court had to intervene and issue directions in almost every investigation.
The HC was informed that Sonu Yadav and others had been sentenced to eight years of imprisonment by the Sahibganj Sessions Court for killing a witness, who had testified against them during the trial of an assault case.
While rejecting the application of Sonu Yadav, Justice Prasad directed the Sahibganj SP to file a status report in the matter.
